Photos taken on a random, hectic business trip back in August. These are by no means the highest quality, but showcase 2 areas not commonly seen - downtown Brooklyn and the Hell's Kitchen area around 10th Ave and the 50s.

View from hotel (Gaansevort Meatpacking)...This was probably around 11 on a Monday night, just to give anyone who hasn't been to Chelsea the correct impression of the place (I wouldn't call it "vibrant" so much as constant party).

One of our projects in the city...was the fastest selling New York condo tower of all time.

Just an FYI, Fulton Street has been a "retail" street for over a century; if the data is still true, it's actually the third-highest grossing retail street in NYC http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16450...e-Brooklyn-NY/. What's actually happening is that the type of retail that's been there for years is being replaced by more national chains in at least the mid-range, with of course hopes to move up to higher-end retail to play off of the markets in the surrounding and gentrified or increasingly gentrified neighborhoods: Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill, and Downtown Brooklyn itself.

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man, those new high-rises in dt brooklyn/fort greene look terrible. atrocious. also, how did you miss the mercedes haus development in hells kitchen? that's definitely the best-looking project over there. otherwise, nice photos!

Just an FYI, Fulton Street has been a "retail" street for over a century; if the data is still true, it's actually the third-highest grossing retail street in NYC http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16450...e-Brooklyn-NY/. What's actually happening is that the type of retail that's been there for years is being replaced by more national chains in at least the mid-range, with of course hopes to move up to higher-end retail to play off of the markets in the surrounding and gentrified or increasingly gentrified neighborhoods: Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill, and Downtown Brooklyn itself.

Thanks for the clarification.

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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill

man, those new high-rises in dt brooklyn/fort greene look terrible. atrocious. also, how did you miss the mercedes haus development in hells kitchen? that's definitely the best-looking project over there. otherwise, nice photos!

Hey...be nice! Was there to photograph our own projects...LoL (you're probably referring to the Brooklyner, which is atrocious, but there are a few good looking ones not really pictured and I'm not even referring to our own project over there, which is architecturally in the middle imo). I'll have to take a leisure trip out there soon...it's due. I think Mercedes House is interesting...but it's too large for that fairly historic low-rise area (874 units and ~30 floors that cascade down slowly over like 2 blocks?) and the market has indicated it agrees. I think our modernist 7 floor 95-unit project further in blends in much better. Our partner in the project just bought the top 30 floors of the Woolworth for a conversion to uber high-end condos and made the front page of the NYT (I guess in a less glorious way Invesco just bought the top 10 floors of Merc House phase III and de-converted the 162 units there down to rentals).

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Downtown Brooklyn has some really nice gems I never noticed before. Love that shot of all of the people jam packed on the street in a manhattan-esque vibe.

One thing I love about these cantilevers in new construction is how they preserve neighboring lowrise structures... but then again with all of this grotesque podium obsession in a lot of modern architecture it might not really help much :/